Mohave County miner., 1887-06-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
GFKoa oCz REGrLsa CORRESPONDENT
WAsHIss,ToS. June 5th, 1887.


WASHINGTON, juEe 5th. 1857.
The scld.rs O. ihe National Drill have
foidei their tents and maTrilei away 10
the strains OF their oTn thrilling musie.
and in consequence, tae Capital City is
a9s 50 gay az il vas last weak, a.si many
Of oar b9Dmy beIies, with love lorD sighs
aud NIFTY eyes, pine oFer tie lost hopes
and opportunities for conquest Of those
few assiiBg d4ys, w.iie nambers Of the
visiting troops have been totally van
aTishei by he charms Of tie fair ones.
Exoept ia 4 aaaaeial sense, tI.e Drill was
q lite successful. The ds.itit Is from
flo.9j3 to $4,000. Tie managers count
ai Oh 81 aTaTlge attsadiAnce 0. 1900,
.holgh i was 600 or less. Some pro-
pose TO make the drill PEI "A .ncnt by hav-
ing one every yea, and j. is hoped the
project viii natesialize. Ii. there be an
other, We trust the Confederate Demo
cratic South wi 4 send liasrsl, progressive
men here inste I'd the EarrOw-minded,
provincial nuinskulls who considered
themselves such superior beings that
they felt it pollution TO march in the
sime military procession with the hated
though harmless "nigger," and therefore
dropped out ef lire.
Able financiers, with good reason, prs-
dict financial crisis when the movement
of the pfasent crops begin, based upon
the fact that within the past year the
New York banks have increased their
rate Of interest from two per cent. 70 fye
per cent, while their reserve surplus has
very largely decreased, and also, upon
the further facts, that the immense sur
Plus in the Federal treasury continues TO
rapidly accumulate, without any 81
from the burdensoiEe las-ees : Sactsd froFq
the peop.e Ik6s, al the end OF TIVE
years, We are sensibiy feeling the benefits
10 business and public pJlicy Of re
forln( . Dam ,cr4tie Administration. Re-
ally, Tucls Sam IL 50 seriously i'll from
has nauseoas aess a Demaeraey that il j.
highly probable an extra session Of Con
gress will have to be called early next fall
3 administer an antidote.
The resent desth Of Maj. Ben PerIey
foora, the pioneer Washington Dssspa-
per correspondent, removed a familiar
and prominent figure from the Capital.
For forty-tiys years be has been intimate
ly associated with the great statssI.en Of
the country, from Clay and Calhoun to
Elaine ani Iamar-ke having teen for
twenty-five years clerk Of the Senate
Printing Committee, years after he be.
came leading journalist.
Decoration Day was observed with un-
usual eclat, the soldiers Of the National
Drill acting as escort 70 the Grand Army
oi the Republic. For the first time, the
grave Of that gallant hero and patriot,
fohn A. Logan, be who instituted this
glorious day, was buried by loving hands
in mass Of beautiful flowers. only five
| months after lac had surrendered his
noble soul.
Ihere il still much speculation as u
who gill fill the vacancy On the Supreme
Bench. rhe place is by common consent
conceded 70 the south. There Is bgi one
certainty about it, Garland, the Cabinet
membes, Sho long since was promised
the first vacancy, will not get it, since his
corrupt connection witt the Par ELECTRIC
Telephone Company has been disclosed,
ior he now says he will not have it, which
means he cannot ge. Ii, 40 the President,
with all his bulldog courage, could not
afford to run the risk OF wrecking his Ad.
mihistrstjon by decking the Supreme
Court with such a IaaleGorQgs Garland.